Preventing Problem Behavior Among Middle School Students
NCT ID: NCT00062959
Last Updated: 2005-06-24
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
2768 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
1994-06-30
2000-06-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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The purpose of this study was to test the efficacy of a comprehensive program of interventions, called Going Places, that includes participatory classroom curriculum, parent education, and enhanced school environment. The primary goal of these components was to help students learn social competence skills that will help them make positive decisions in their lives. The classroom curriculum component was integrated into the participating schools' regular Language Arts curriculum in grades 6 through 8. The curriculum provided instruction in and opportunities to practice interpersonal communication, self-management, problem solving, and conflict management. Brief videotapes with student actors served as trigger films to stimulate student interest, provide models, and motivate prosocial behavior. Parents in the participating schools received instruction via videotape and print materials and participated in student homework exercises. The emphasis was on encouraging parents to remain involved, adopt creative monitoring practices, and foster adolescent autonomy by establishing rules and conditions leading incrementally to greater independence.
Students in the seven Charles County, Maryland, middle schools were randomized either to the Going Places intervention group or to the usual education control group. The intervention was sequentially structured, with curricula implemented in each grade of middle school. Questionnaires were administered to all middle school students at the beginning of the 6th grade (before the intervention) to establish baseline levels of substance use, school misconduct, parent and peer influences, and school climate. Students completed surveys in the spring of grades 6, 7, and 8. A final follow-up survey was completed in the fall of ninth grade. The surveys assessed standard measures of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drug use, school misconduct, and participation in school activities. The surveys also included items related to psychosocial, parental, and school factors.
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
FACTORIAL
PREVENTION
SINGLE
Interventions
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Going Places: School program to prevent problem behavior
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Reads at grade level
10 Years
12 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
NIH
Principal Investigators
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Bruce Simons-Morton, EdD, MPH
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Prevention Research Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research
References
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Simons-Morton BG, Crump AD. Association of parental involvement and social competence with school adjustment and engagement among sixth graders. J Sch Health. 2003 Mar;73(3):121-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2003.tb03586.x.
Simons-Morton BG. Prospective analysis of peer and parent influences on smoking initiation among early adolescents. Prev Sci. 2002 Dec;3(4):275-83. doi: 10.1023/a:1020876625045.
Simons-Morton B, Haynie DL, Crump AD, Eitel SP, Saylor KE. Peer and parent influences on smoking and drinking among early adolescents. Health Educ Behav. 2001 Feb;28(1):95-107. doi: 10.1177/109019810102800109.
Simons-Morton BG, Crump AD, Haynie DL, Saylor KE. Student-school bonding and adolescent problem behavior. Health Educ Res. 1999 Feb;14(1):99-107. doi: 10.1093/her/14.1.99.
Simons-Morton B, Crump AD, Haynie DL, Saylor KE, Eitel P, Yu K. Psychosocial, school, and parent factors associated with recent smoking among early-adolescent boys and girls. Prev Med. 1999 Feb;28(2):138-48. doi: 10.1006/pmed.1998.0404.
Simons-Morton B, Haynie DL, Crump AD, Saylor KE, Eitel P, Yu K. Expectancies and other psychosocial factors associated with alcohol use among early adolescent boys and girls. Addict Behav. 1999 Mar-Apr;24(2):229-38. doi: 10.1016/s0306-4603(98)00095-1.
Haynie DL, Nansel T, Eitel P, Crump AD, Saylor K, Yu K, Simons-Morton, B. Bullies, victims, and bully-victims: Distinct groups of youth at risk. Journal of Early Adolescence 21(1):95-107, 2001.
Other Identifiers
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Z01 HD 02110-07-PR
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: secondary_id
NO1-HD-3-3207
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: secondary_id
NICHD-400
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: secondary_id
N01HD33207
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id